A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottaman Empire - Softcover

Fromkin, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842120433 ISBN 13: 9781842120439

Publisher: Phoenix, 2000

Synopsis

Peopled with larger-than-life figures such as Winston Churchill (around whom the story is structured), General Kitchener and T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Attaturk, Emir Feisal and Lloyd George the book describes the showdown with the Ottoman Empire which erupted into the devastating Eastern campaign of World War I and led to the formation - by bureaucracy and subterfuge by Americans and Europeans - of the states known collectively as the Middle East.

The years 1914-1922 were the creative, formative years when everything seemed possible, but the events of 1922, the pivotal year, set the course for a future of endless wars and acts of terrorism that became the legacy of this period. Issues such as The Allenby Declaration establishing nominal independence for Egypt, the Palestine Mandate and the Churchill White Paper (from which Israel and Jordan sprang), the installing of Hashemite leaders of predominantly Shi¿ite teritories, new leaders for Egypt and Iraq, the Russian declaration of a Soviet Union intent on re-establishing her rule over Moslem Central Asia - David Fromkin shows how all these changed the Middle East (and Europe) forever.

About this title

Book Description:

The Middle East, as we know it today, emerged from decisions made by the Allies during and after the First World War. This extraordinarily ambitious, vividly written account tells how and why those decisions were made and the devastating effect they had.

About the Author:

David Fromkin is Professor of International Relations and Law at Boston University, Massachusetts

About this edition

• Publisher: Phoenix
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1842120433
• ISBN 13: 9781842120439
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640